Smoke reported in apartment building near City Hall Ave, Norfolk VA
Fire & ArsonFire and EMS responded to a smoke report inside a Norfolk apartment building near City Hall Avenue. Smoke was found in multiple apartments on the second floor and basement. Investigation revealed possible brazing work in the basement but no active fire was confirmed. Crews checked for heat sources and monitored smoke conditions while continuing their investigation on scene.
Audio|Source: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Another one minute when you're responding for Fall 811 City Hall Avenue, the city jail.
00:07
They're requesting you to come to the compound for a female inmate, the field, hit her head,
00:13
1514.
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Engine 2 to command.
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You can make her headage 2.
00:29
I'm talking to the tenant from D1.
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She said that her apartment was filling up with smoke,
00:37
and it was going up to D2. There is a basement in this building.
00:42
Can we get someone down in that basement?
00:45
Copy that. Command of Ladder 7.
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Ladder 7. You want us to go to the basement?
00:51
Yes, if you guys check out the basement, there's a small access about 10 feet to your right.
00:56
As you're headed towards the Charlie side, there might be access around the Charlie side as well. Command Engine 2.
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Medical One, I'm saying.
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Command Engine 2. Command engine 2.
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Committee 1, minor 1, you can stage by that for hours.
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Attention 2.
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1516.
01:22
Do you currently have smoke in apartment Delta 1? And if you do, is it getting worse or staying the same?
01:29
Sorry, Scott.
01:31
I just walked in there, so I can't tell if it's getting worse, but yes, there is smoke in there.
01:35
All right, does it smell, electrical, wood-burning, oil?
01:40
Sounds like wood.
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Command to Rescue One.
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Rescue One.
01:56
If you guys could bring some tools and then stage on the opposite side of the building, please.
02:00
Command to RIT.
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Rick, go ahead.
02:05
Have you guys shown utilities yet?
02:09
Not yet.
02:14
Alright, when you do double-check the breakers, there might be a main building-wide breaker system in the basement where Ladder 7 is we'll have them check that.
02:23
Copy that.
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Stand, Injid 2.
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Engine 2.
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Engine 2.
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Did you have any smoke, any haze, or any odors on the second or third floors?
02:47
Yes, we did on the second floor.
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I was told third floor is all clear.
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Copy. Command 2, Engine 1.
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Okay, sir.
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You guys take a... Take a water can, a dry cam, and some tools, and I want you guys to go to Delta,
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Delta 2.
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Copy that water can, dry can, and some tools to Delta 2.
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Engine 2 to engine 1.
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Safety is a command.
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Command, go ahead,
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safety.
03:27
Nothing obvious from the exterior.
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The odor or smoke is,
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I appreciate it the strongest on the Delta side.
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Copy.
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Ladder 1, you clear.
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Engine 2 to command.
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Command, go ahead, do you too?
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I can't find anything in D1.
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The tenant in B2 said that she was up there and it appeared like smoke was coming through the floor in her utility room.
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I'm in the same utility in D1.
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There's nothing in there.
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No breakers tripped in D1 or D2.
04:24
There was, the alarm was going off in D1,
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not in D2.
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But I can't find a source in either apartment right now.
04:36
All right, do you have any heat signatures on the text?
04:39
Negative.
04:41
Command of Ladder 7.
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Ladder 7, go ahead.
04:45
Anything evident in the basement?
04:48
We got some whiskey stuff here. I'm talking to this contractor, Lumber who was on scene here. I don't know if he was doing some brazing on the pipes here and things. We're trying to get some more information now. We do have something here in the basement.
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Copy.
05:00
I'm going to break this out a little bit. Ladder 7, you're going to have the basement division, copy?
05:06
Basement Division. Okay.
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Command to Engine 2.
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Engine 2.
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You're going to have Division 1, it'll be yourself and under 9.
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I've received.
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Command to Engine 1.
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You're going to have Division 2 adjust yourself.
05:26
Received Division 2.
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Command 2, Division 1.
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Division 1, please.
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Smoke condition, better, worse or same?
05:43
Not to same.
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MediX-15, Ryder General.
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614, transport one to Lee, non-emergency.
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1523.
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And 2,
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Division 2. Division 2.
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Right, sir.
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Location mentioned:
Norfolk Civic Plaza, 811 City Hall Ave, Norfolk, VA 23510
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